FINGERING CHART FOR THE FLUTE WHEN USING THE GLISSANDO HEADJOINT

For every note on the flute from its low B to the fourth octave D, the maximum possible range of glissando for each pitch is given. Notation for downwards glissandi and upwards glissandi are presented. When the Glissando Headjoint® is all the way in, towards the body of the flute—“home base”—the flute is in tune as a normal flute and every fingering produces its expected pitches.

Fundamentally, a downwards glissando begins with the Glissando Headjoint® all the way in towards the body of the flute and the flutist playing the note that starts the glissando. The flutist then extends the Glissando Headjoint® until the desired end pitch is reached.

An upwards glissando begins with fingering of the note that the glissando will reach and with the Glissando Headjoint® extended as far as necessary to play the beginning note of the glissando.

Intonation Symbols: = Quarter sharp

= Quarter flat

= Slightly sharp

= Slightly flat

or = glissando

Notation for upwards glissando arriving at a regular fingering:

Fingered pitch with Glissando Headjoint® extended to notated pitch | Finger C§ with Glissando Headjoint® extended to Ab

Play Ab and slide headjoint inwards to "home base"

The Glissando Headjoint® is then moved to “home” position (all the way in towards the body of flute). The glissando is complete when it reaches the arrival note. Notation for a downwards glissando using a special fingering:

“In”: Glissando Headjoint® “Out”: Glissando Headjoint® in home position extended to produce notated pitch

Fingering:

mzsk

Notation for an upwards glissando using a special fingering:

“Out:” Glissando “In”: Glissando Headjoint® Headjoint® extended to in home position produce notated pitch

Fingering:

mzsk Notation for a downwards glissando using a harmonic fingering:

= fingering of harmonic

Glissando Headjoint® in Glissando Headjoint® pulled out “home” position to notated pitch

Notation for an upwards glissando using a harmonic fingering:

Glissando Headjoint® Glissando Headjoint® pushed in pulled out to notated pitch to “home” position

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Can be bent Can be bent to G§, p only to Ab, p only Flute œ O œ bœ bO bœ & #œ #œ ##œO #œ œ œ œO œ µœ µœ Bœ B œ

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Can be lipped to F§ 3 3 œ œ œO œ #œ #œ##œO œ œ œ œO œ #œ œ #Oœ #œ œ µœ µœO œ &

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Robert Dick Can be lipped to Gb #œ #O #œ œ O œ œ O œ #œ œ #œO #œ Flute Bœ Bœ œ œ #œ #œ &

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I > o o > I I > o o > I I > o o > I I > o o > I nœ 2œ 2 œ nœ nœ nœ nœ nœ nœ bœ bœ nœ #œ #œ #œ #œ & nO nO bO bO #O #O szankm szankm Thumb Thumb © Multiple Breath Music 2011 Fingering Chart Page 4

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I > o o > I I > o o > I I > o o > I nœ nœ nœ nœ nœ nœ nœ nœ #œ #œ #œ #œ “”I > o o > I nœ Bœ Bœ nœ &

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